What Are Affirmative Therapy Products?
The Affirmative Therapy for Dementia Patients CD affirms their
health and well-being as well as their ability to get along with
others. The positive messages on this CD help reduce agitation
and increase receptivity to redirection.
The Affirmative Therapy for Caregivers CD
is for family and facility caregivers. The positive messages on
this CD affirm the importance of their nurturing role and help
reduce feelings of depression, anxiety and fatigue sometimes experienced
with care giving. Caregivers are reminded of the healing potential
of their loving presence.
These products offer "respite in a CD".
Why Use Affirmative
Therapy Products?
These CDs offer the opportunity
to enhance the positive aspects of any environment with minimal
time requirement.
Additionally, the CDs are:
•Easy to implement
•Non-invasive
•Non-pharmacological
•Cost-effective
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How to Use Affirmative Therapy Products
Play the Affirmative Therapy for Dementia
Patients CD at the
end of the day when the patient is getting ready to go to sleep
and again upon awakening.
For maximum benefit, play the CD twice a day for at least 30
days and also whenever you want the patient to relax and reconnect
with the positive messages. It is OK for the patient to fall asleep
while listening.
Playing the CD as a group activity can help to promote serenity
and calmness in their environment.
The Affirmative Therapy for Caregivers CD is
designed for use on a break from care giving activities. It can
also be played first thing in the morning and last thing at night.
For maximum benefit, listen at least ten minutes daily for 30 days.
Affirmative Therapy Products© are
based on and inspired by the clinical and research findings of Barbara
Derrick, PhD in
South Carolina. For more information and details about her work,
please refer to her article published in the September/October
2007 issue of Venture Inward magazine. Back
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Order Now
Affirmative
Therapy CDs are only $25 each, or $20 for orders of five or more CDs.
Or order offline. Download your order form and instructions here. You will
need Acrobat Reader in
order to open the order form.
A discount is available when you order five
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Articles and Research
Affirmative Therapy is a well-researched and documented concept.
Feel free to browse our research and informative articles
•Our Research
•Alzheimer's Project Brief,
by Barbara Derrick, PhD and A.C. Holler, Jr. DMin
•Overcoming Alzheimer's:
Helping Wally, reprinted with permission
from the American Holistic Health Association.
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What People Are
Saying
"Your meditation CDs were remarkable. I thought the verbal pacing
of the one for dementia patients was very appropriate for possible
delays in verbal processing. The prosody of the verbal style also
invokes a soothing emotional response even if a patient's verbal
processing is poor. I loved the emotional support offered for the
care-givers for their own well-being, laced with encouragement
to see their role and their work as vital, important and influential
in the day-to-day sense of well-being experienced by their loved
one for whom they are responsible."
—Barbara Welsh-Osga, PhD, Clinical Psychologist
"This program is outstanding because it uniquely addresses
both the relationship between the elder and caregiver, as well
as roles and feelings of both. Caregivers experience a "paradigm
shift" in the way they view their mission to help provide
quality care. The program helps those in need feel supported and
calm. It has helped with my mother’s care in her home, and
will also be beneficial for institutional trainings."
—Mary Kay Riley, President, Creative
Work/Life Strategies
"These CDs are very beneficial to my residents."
—Lisa Jimenez, Owner and Director of Del Sol facilities in
Mission Viejo, California
"Listening to the caregivers CD has helped me with the slight
depression I feel. It reinforces my desire to carry out my care
taking responsibilities with a lighter heart and has a calming
effect on my frustrations. I recommend this CD for a care giver
in any kind of a situation."
—Evelyn Johnson, caregiver
"I have been listening to this CD of affirmations at night
for several months now and I Love It. It has helped me feel better
about others, myself and my surroundings. It encourages me to do
better with my memory and other health issues."
—Patrick L. Johnson, PhD, dementia
patient
"The patients found the CD to be very relaxing."
—Alejandra Fernandez, Facility Caregiver
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Developed by:
Barbara Klein-Robuck and Dr. Donna McCullough are available to
speak at professional meetings, community support groups and inservice
training programs. |
